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An inspiration engine for ideas
filled with the kind of determined cheer that masked a deeper despair.
Ruth Ozeki • The Book of Form and Emptiness: A Novel
is good-looking in a kind of unhappy way.
David Foster Wallace • A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
into the crowded room, his voice sparking life into those
Mary Beth Keane • The Walking People: A Novel
The two women had been polite enough when Leon was there to smooth things over, but now that he was gone, there was no space for both of them and their grief.
Brit Bennett • The Vanishing Half: Shortlisted for the Women's Prize 2021
halation,
Philip Gabriel • The City and Its Uncertain Walls
like to toy with human thought like boys toy with beetles.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
The day is one of those eerie Central Peninsula imitations of heaven—seventy degrees and clear, the air thick with bay laurel and eucalyptus.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: A Novel
like escaped worlds.
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
raison d’être